Those of us who believe in the nobility of imposing freedom at gunpoint must resist
the urge to bug out until after the U.S. Iraqi elections, at which point we'll be able to bug out
effect an orderly withdrawal.

Bonus Safire Factuality Watch:
"...most [Iraqis] are not sore enough to wish us gone yet," qoth the scribe.
That would be news to most Iraqis, who voted American troops out of their
country by 57% to 36% in the most recent
USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll.